Category Archives: Lifeguarding

Health, Lifeguarding, Work

Classes You Should Take at the Y (if you live in the Quad Cities)

  1. Lifeguarding (Earn your certification) 
  2. Boot Camp Combo (Land & Water)
  3. Les Mills Body Flow
  4. DREAM Basketball (for youth)
  5. Superhero Training (age 3-6)
  6. Preschool Arts & Play
  7. Adult Swim Lessons
  8. Family Zumba
  9. Les Mills CX Worx
  10. Silver Sneakers (Seniors Range of Motion)
  11. Aqua Combo (Shallow and Deep Water Ex)
  12. Deep Water Ex – 4 pm Tues & Thurs (the one I teach!)

 CHECK OUT THE Y’S FALL PROGRAM GUIDE HERE

Events, Lifeguarding, Work

Results of Two Rivers YMCA’s Lifeguard Olympics

Team Competition

  1. 10 pound Brick Relay
    First Place:  Team USA
  2. Lifeguard Tow
    Tie for First Place:  Team USA,  Water Weasels
  3. Dive Retrieval
    First Place:  Team USA
  4. Backboard Spinal Rescue
    First Place (by only 4 points):  Team USA

    Gold Medal:  Team USA

 

Individual Competition

  1. Brick Retrieval with Feet Only
    Gold Medal:  Tom N
    Second Place:  Bill P
  2. Treading Water Highest
    Gold Medal:  Trent F
    Second Place:  Brandon R
  3. Treading Water in Streamline
    Gold Medal: Kristi Z
    Second Place: Sasha P
  4. Underwater Swim
    Gold Medal:  Bill P
    Tie for Second Place:  Jeff H, Tom N
  5. Best Splash
    Gold Medal: Tom N
    Second Place: Trent F
  6. Individual All-Around Points
    Gold Medal:  Tom N

 

 

 

 

Lifeguarding, Words, Work

Acronyms I Will Be Teaching in the Lifeguarding Course that Begins Tonight

  1. FIND – a method for problem solving
    • Figure out the problem
    • Identify solutions
    • Name the pros & cons
    • Decide
  2. RID – what prevents a lifeguard from doing his best
    • Recognition — Failure to recognize an emergency
    • Intrusion — of secondary duties
    • Distraction — by outside sources and people
  3. SAMPLE – conducting a secondary assesment
    • Signs & symptoms
    • Allergies
    • Medicines
    • Past pertinent medical history
    • Last oral intake
    • Events leading up to the incident
  4. FAST – assessing a potential stroke victim
    • Face
    • Arms
    • Speech
    • Time
  5. LL – AED pad placement
    • lower left
    • upper right
Humor, Lifeguarding, Names, Work

Nicknames We Use At Work

  1. Baked Potato
  2. Hairnet
  3. Eye Candy
  4. Patrick
  5. Squidword
  6. Barking Man
  7. Drowning Man
  8. Drowning Woman
  9. Big Mean Guy
  10. Math Man
  11. Orange Shorts
  12. Jet Master
  13. Cannonball
  14. Myrtle the Turtle
  15. Noodle Nazi
  16. The Boobs
  17. The Braid
  18. Shoulders
  19. New Shoulders
  20. Sleeves
  21. Stallion
  22. Velcro Max
  23. Karate Joe
  24. Fins
  25. Sexy Scars
  26. The Village People
  27. Hot Dad
  28. New Hottie
  29. Back Tat